General Business Course

General Business Programs

The main target of the course is to practically develop all language competences that lay in the sphere of business ethics and any problematic situations of communication associated with formal negotiations, correspondence of any format, making presentations and leading a business talk on the phone with the foreign partners and colleagues. This course spots our students’ ability to collaborate with a foreign team as one of the most important communicative skills. The topics of the course mainly cover those actual and up-to-date aspects of international business communication that our students will find the most essential in their professional development. Our students will learn the most common stereotypes and tendencies in leading successful negotiations with the partners from different parts of the world paying a special attention to how the styles of formal vs informal communication and expectations change from one part of the world to another.

What features the course?

We form mini groups of 4 up to 6 students in a group or will be happy to offer you an individual format of studies. This course is mainly based on a general overview the modern business ethics skills and competences. You can choose a Russian or a native speaking teacher who has a rich experience in teaching business English, has been a public speaker or a business trainer. The course is designed in accordance with requirements for BEC (Business English Certificate) and will partly prepare you for the general procedures of the exam.

Each module of the course covers one major aspect associated with business communication:

International Marketing

Finance

Correspondence

Brands

Globalisation

Commerce

Human Resources

Negotiations

Phone calls

Business ethics around the globe

Company structure

Accounting and Auditing

Business Law

We are happy to work out any other specific programs that will lay in your individual professional interest.

Teachers

Zhanna Ogurkova

Graduated from Leningrad State University, English and French faculty. Has been working for Glory School since 2009. “The most important in teaching for me personally is a good structure, logics of all the steps we go through with the students. I like to bring lots of fun to my lessons as well: games, talk shows, role plays, competitions and even language marathons.”

Nataly Murphy

A native speaker teacher of English from the USA. Graduated from Webster University St. Louis, Missouri (USA), English, Anthropology & Philosophy. Certificate of Teaching English as a foreign language. Has been working for Glory School since 2012 “My students help me discover more curious things about Russian mentality and I try to do my best adopting each lesson for their individual needs”

Irina Shelestova

Graduated from State University in Pushkin, the faculty of foreign philology. Recently has been successfully qualified as a teacher of English. Has been working for Glory School since 2013. “Each student in a group needs maximum attention from the teacher – I stick to this principle in my work which is the beginning of all success in teaching. In my opinion, the progress of each individual learner should be measured and compared only with his own results at different stages of education.”

Anastasia Mishina

A qualified teacher of English. Graduated from Pedagogical Gertsen University, successfully proved CPE certificate. Has been working for Glory School since 2014. “When it comes to working out better methods and improving the system of education I see the solution in individual approach in teaching English, we need to use more interesting materials, support students’ motivation at a high level and all those factors together lead to a success.’

Eugenia Mosunova

Graduated from Mariinsky University, the faculty of foreign languages, has proved CAE certificate. Got qualifications from Tartu university, Faculty of Philosophy. Has been working for Glory School since 2014. “I see my main target as a teacher not only in explaining things at the lesson or correcting mistakes, a good teacher must show the students effective ways how they can study on their own for the future, how the process of education is organized and how to make progress studying at home”

Tatiana Shandrakova

Graduated from Leningrad State University, the faculty of foreign languages. Has been working for Glory School since 2016. “I’m fond of creative approach when preparing and structuring my lessons, that’s so wonderful when it’s possible to make a lesson bright, full of music, games, various activities that help my students express themselves and show better results in studing”

Christina Novolodskaya

A qualified teacher of English. Graduated from Pedagogical Gertsen University, the faculty of applied linguistics. Has been working for Glory School since 2015. “I do enjoy working with people, I find it so inspiring when together we discover and explore the wonderful world around us by means of the foreign language.”

Donald Willburn

A native speaker teacher from the USA. The University of Texas at Austin (USA), English and Literature. Certification in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). Has been working for Glory School since 2011. “When students are interested in something and can connect it to their lives they are more highly motivated and learn at a better rate.”